Preserved Bulleid WC/BB 'West Country' and
'Battle of Britain' class 4-6-2
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34105 Swanage running on the branch for whose terminal
town it was named.
photograph by Jonathan Hall |
| ....and another rear end view - this time a rare one of a
loco without a tender. 34105 Swanage in Ropley yard on the Mid-Hants
Railway on the 20th August 1987.
photograph by Colin Duff |
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After years of service the "air smoothed" casing
tended to become buckled and dented giving a rippled effect when looking along
the side but this is not evident here on a disguised Swanage when seen
at Ropley station on the 6th April 1991.
photograph by Colin Duff |
| West Country Class 34105 Swanage masquerading as Battle
of Britain class 34067 Tangmere is seen wearing early BR livery on the
Mid-Hants Railway on 6th April 1991.
photograph by Colin Duff |
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34072 257 Squadron pictured working away from Southern
territory on the Severn Valley Railway during April 1992. Note the roof detail
on the "air smoothed" casing.
photograph by Michael Taylor |
| The elemental forces at work on a steam locomotive take their
toll as witnessed by the corrosion seen on the funnel cowling on 257
Squadron on 16thSeptember 2000. Note the electrically powered route
indicator lights.
photograph by Colin Duff |
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Working a passenger train tender first - not a situation they
often found themselves in during BR service - 257 Squadron on the
Swanage Railway during 1999.
photograph by Jonathan Hall |
| Two Bulleid Pacifics in original condition - BB 34072 257
Squadron and WC 34105 Swanage - together at Swanage.
photograph by Jonathan Hall |
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